Field Medical Scientific Associate Director

Job Title: Field Medical Scientific Associate Director

About the Job

The Mission of Sanofi’s MSL Team and the Field Medical Scientific Associate Director (FMSAD), Rare Blood Disorders is to be the trusted scientific partner in the field for external experts and decision-makers; engaging in mutual scientific exchange with Healthcare Professionals to accelerate data dissemination as well as provide product training support & leadership for a given product/work stream. Sanofi’s Field-Based Medical (FBM) teams enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products in the therapeutic area and gather new insights by bringing cutting edge scientific exchange today that accelerates medical innovation tomorrow.
The FMSAD, Rare Blood Disorders, will also serve as the FBM representative on the Core Medical Product Team and provide comprehensive medical and scientific information in connection with Sanofi Rare Hematology products with an emphasis on Rilzabrutinib. The FMSAD will support Sanofi’s commitment to build strong relationships with healthcare professionals. The FMSAD will strategically support our collaborations with these key external stakeholders and is an expert in ITP and Rilzabrutinib. The FMSAD champions these external perspectives across internal functional groups and develops innovative strategies, as part of the Core Medical Product Team, to meet the dynamic needs of the external community. In partnership with multiple internal stakeholders, the FMSAD will aid in developing short and long-term strategies to integrate and advance the communication and needs of the ITP community and in particular as it pertains to Rilzabrutinib. The product lead assists in providing medical leadership and expertise to sales, marketing, legal and regulatory functions for Rilzabrutinib and ensures strategic and cross functional alignment across the organization to achieve the medical mission of supporting safe and appropriate use of a Rilzabrutinib. As product lead they will support the review and approval of materials going through medical material review committee. This individual will be a member Rare Hematology MSL team and will also maintain field medical roles and responsibilities 50% of the time within a particular US geographical area.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

The FMSAD role is 50% field facing whose main objectives are to:

• Be the trusted scientific partner to influential external experts and decision-makers by conducting timely, appropriate and frequent scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products.

• Develop robust stakeholder engagement plans to gather data, develop and share medical insights that contribute to enhancement of Sanofi’s key medical messages, plans and future research.

• Exhibit a high degree of scientific and clinical knowledge in the therapeutic field to help identify and critically assess research opportunities and to play a supportive role in the execution of evidence generation plans to enhance the value of our products in a real-world setting.

• Use innovative approaches to increase opportunities and create strategies to uncover insights that deepen our understanding of the needs of patients, consumers, regulators, payers, and healthcare providers and proactively identify unmet needs.

• Is a strategic partner who drives collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, while maintaining full compliance with relevant company, industry, legal and regulatory requirements

• Assists on coaching MSLs on KOL engagement and communication, and tactical plan development.

• Demonstrates operational understanding and risk management by ensuring excellence in execution of all governance processes

The FMSAD role is 50% project lead whose main objectives are to:

• Member of the US Medical Core Rilzabrutinib Team to define and deliver US Medical Strategy:

• Work with the US Medical Director and identified vendor to create material to be used for internal and external stakeholders related to Rilzabrutinib.

• Assist in the development of resources for DSAs, SEPs, journal clubs, Advisory Boards and proactive/reactive materials for MSL use with external stakeholders

• Work with Medical Directors and Global Scientific Communications to adapt Global resources to fit US needs

• Assist with the submission of Field Medical Resources through MMRC

• Strategically evaluates published studies and discerns key insights that deepen the MSL teams’ understanding of the therapeutic area unmet needs and offers enhancement of the scientific messages and strategic plans

• Takes scientific data and translates it into clinical discussion points that support business objectives and medical strategy

• Use innovative approaches to increase opportunities and create strategies to uncover insights that deepen our understanding of the needs of patients, consumers, regulators, payers, and healthcare providers and proactively identify unmet needs

• Gather, share, and review medical insights that contribute to enhancement of Sanofi’s key medical messages, plans and future research. Identifies actionable insights that are aligned with medical strategy, communicate them to the leadership, and execute changes that affect the field

• Act as the clinical and scientific resource/expert to the Field Based Medical team for information pertaining to ITP to ensure awareness and understanding of diagnosis, current treatment, treatment gaps

• Act as the clinical and scientific resource/expert to the Field Based Medical team for information pertaining to Rilzabrutinib in the treatment of ITP

• Manage current MSL resources related to Rilzabrutinib

• Be the strategic training partner for Rilzabrutinib, working with Field Directors to facilitate training related to Rilzabrutinib, disease state topics as well as product certification for MSL team

• Maintains internal bibliography for the FBM team, alerting team to new publications related to ITP and Rilzabrutinib

• Supporting and partnering with the CSU as Rilzabrutinib lead and share regional insights that have significant impact on clinical trial design.

• Be a strategic partner who drives collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, Marketing, etc.) while maintaining full compliance with relevant company, industry, legal and regulatory requirements

• Assist Field Based Medical with developing solutions when faced with unique scientific challenges

• Effortlessly establish robust, long-term peer relationships with thought leaders and other stakeholder partners

• Provide regular updates on MSL team calls regarding any ongoing strategy development related to the MSL team

• Serve to support Congress Lead for Rilzabrutinib

• Work with Encompass meetings/vendor for SEP process

• Organizes MSL led educational meetings or medical advisory boards related to Rilzabrutinib

About You

Preferred Skills/Knowledge for FMSAD position includes:

• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal skills, and team player behavior

• Comfort and experience presenting before groups

• Demonstrated pharmaceutical industry knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proven problem-solving ability

• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills

• Takes a strategic approach to plans and prioritizes responsibilities

• Embodies deep therapeutic competency - stays abreast in the profession and ability to translate therapeutic insights

• Maintains highest level of proficiency in digital tools and a proactive platforms across the MSL function

• Proven ability to consistently meet project deadlines while maintaining field responsibilities

• Hematology background/experience desired with the ability to interpret and convert data into relevant, enduring materials for the MSL team

• Strategic and collaborative mindset that supports relevant inclusion of Global/Franchise priorities

• Budget management experience and the ability to track and manage vendor support

• Has completed Veeva Vault PromoMats training and certification, has managed Product Team material submissions, and has gained an understanding of the submission process and negotiation of resource approval by MMRC

• Demonstrate high level of strategic thinking related to stakeholder mapping and engagement planning

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD) preferred, or other relevant life sciences degree (RN/NP/MS) with Healthcare Specialty required

• Experience

• More than 5 years of experience in medical affairs

• 5+ years in relevant clinical or research practice

• Minimum of 3 years MSL experience

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

The salary range for this position is $157,500.00 - $210,000.00 USD Annually. All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the link, www.benefits.sanofiusallwell.com.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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